Amos 7:1-6

Christian Standard Bible

First Vision: Locusts

7 The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts^(A) at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay. ² When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,^(B) I said, “Lord God, please forgive!^(C) How will Jacob survive since he is so small?” ^(D)

³ The Lord relented concerning this.^(E) “It will not happen,” he said.

Second Vision: Fire

⁴ The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire.^(F) It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. ⁵ Then I said, “Lord God, please stop!^(G) How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”

⁶ The Lord relented concerning this.^(H) “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.